Chapter 10: Misty's Confession
Misty's peace didn't last for very long as she soon became trapped in the dream that had caused her so much pain and fear. A dream that she held inside and kept secret from the man that she loved. This dream was always the same and equally as upsetting every time it surfaced.
The timing was about two months before she moved to Pallet to live with Ash. Misty was sitting in her room in the Cerulean City Gym watching television. She was filled with an overwhelming sense of sadness because she was supposed to be on vacation with Ash, Brock and Tracey but she was trapped here in this detestable prison because of the hatred of her three sisters. Suddenly, a news flash came on the screen and caught Misty's attention. When she saw the bulletin, it ripped her heart out. The plane that was bound for the Seafoam Islands carrying the three people in the world who meant the most to her hadn't made it to its destination. Instead it had been plagued with engine trouble and had nose-dived into the ground not far from the airport and no one on board had survived. As Misty watched the terrible simulation of what had happened, she felt a strong feeling of hate for her sisters for keeping her away and a sickening feeling of guilt that she hadn't fought hard enough and her boyfriend and her two best friends had been on that ill fated plane when it had crashed. She held her pillow to her and screamed as the knowledge sunk in that the people that she loved and considered her family were now gone and would never be coming back. That they were lost to her forever.
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Misty woke up with a sense of fear that she had every single time. She just lay there for a second and remembered where she actually was when she heard Ash's deep breathing coming from the pillow next to hers and felt his arms around her. Misty took Ash's hand and kissed it softly and felt again that overwhelming sense of relief as she also heard Brock mumbling in his sleep and Tracey snoring quietly and she knew that she hadn't lost her entire world and that everything was still okay.
After lying in bed for a few minutes watching Ash sleeping soundly next to her and occasionally stroking his hair to make sure that he was actually there, Misty realized that she wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep tonight. So after looking at her watch and noticing that it was 5 a.m., Misty decided to go up to the top deck and let the sea air clear her mind.
Misty gently maneuvered out of Ash's arms, being very careful not to awaken him, and put her feet on the floor. She quietly got up and picked a room key off of the table and tiptoed over to the door. She had to be very quiet because Brock and Tracey were also still sleeping and she wanted to keep from disturbing them as well. Misty snuck out of the room and into the hallway, quietly closing the door behind her. Then she made her way to the elevator and went up to the very top. As she made her way outside the sun was just beginning to rise over the ocean.
"This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Luckily I'm here to see it." Misty said to herself. Then she sat down on one of the chairs and slid it close to the rail so that she could see down to the water. Once again she felt that sense of intense relief flood into her soul once again and Misty let the suppressed tears flow from her eyes, crying openly as she looked out at the beautiful sunrise.
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An hour later, Ash opened his eyes as he slowly began to wake. It took him a moment to get reoriented and when he did, he was alarmed to find that Misty was no longer beside him. Ash's fear increased when he noticed that not only was Misty not beside him but she was nowhere in the room.
"Where could she possibly have gone. I wonder why she didn't wake me and tell me that she was going somewhere. I hope nothing's wrong." Ash thought and then he got an idea. He reached down to the foot of the bed and woke his Pokemon.
"Hey, Pikachu. Sorry for waking you up but I need your help. Misty isn't here and she was gone when I woke up. Do you have any idea where she is?" Ash whispered trying not to wake his friends who were still asleep.
"Pi pikachu, Pikapi. Pi chu pi pika pikachu. Pi pika pikachu ka chu pika pi chu ka pika ka chu pikachu." (It's okay, Ash. I don't know where Misty is. Since she is a water Pokemon trainer maybe she went up to look at the ocean.) Pikachu said as he crawled over to sit on his trainer's lap.
A light went on in Ash's head and he hugged his Pokemon tightly. "You're a genius, Pikachu. Why didn't I think of that? I'm going up to look for her. Wanna come with me?" Ash said happily.
"Pika pikachu, Pikapi. Pi pikachu pika ka chu pikachu pi." (That's okay, Ash. I'd only be in the way and plus I want to go back to sleep.) Pikachu yawned as it gave Ash a thumbs up and curled up on the pillow and went back to sleep. Ash then quietly dashed from the room and to the elevator.
When Ash reached the top deck he dashed from the elevator and out the doors. When he saw Misty sitting there he stopped so abruptly that he fell backwards. Misty was startled when she heard the crash and when she turned around and saw Ash, she hurriedly wiped the tears from her cheeks and smiled.
"Hey, you. Are you okay?" Misty asked as Ash picked himself up off of the ground.
"Yeah. Even though I should be asking you the same thing. I was very worried about you when I got up and found you gone. Pikachu helped me figure out that I might find you up here. You should have woke me up and I would have come with you." Ash whispered to her with concern in his voice.
"I'm sorry I worried you, but you were sleeping so soundly that I couldn't bring myself to disturb you. Besides, I needed to be alone for a little while." Misty said with tears in her eyes as Ash pulled her around to face him.
"You're crying. Mist, what's the matter? Something has you very upset and I wish that you would tell me what it is. I love you and I want to help you if you'll only let me."
Misty couldn't hold her composure anymore so she put her head in her hands and started to cry again. "Oh, Ash. I do need to tell you something. I left because I had a terrifying nightmare that has been bothering me since before you and I started living together. I didn't tell you before because I was afraid of what you would think. My sisters almost stopped me from coming with you guys and I while I was trying to outsmart them I started having this dream that you went without me and the plane crashed and the people I consider as my family were taken from me forever as I watched the whole thing on television and felt guilty for losing you." She had barely finished before she completely broke down.
Ash was shocked as he pulled Misty into his arms and held her close to try to comfort her. It broke his heart to see his true love so upset and he wondered why she would go through this alone and not let him help her. "Shh. It's okay, baby. I'm not going anywhere for a long time. The one thing that I don't understand is why you didn't let me help you through this. It wasn't fair to you to have to go through this alone."
"I was scared." Misty said simply as she hugged her boyfriend tighter and continued to sob in Ash's arms.
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Meanwhile, back in the room Brock and Tracey were just waking up. Tracey was the first to wake and panicked when he looked around the room and noticed that the only sign of Ash or Misty was Pikachu sleeping on the pillow.
"Hey!" Tracey shouted, waking Brock and causing Pikachu to fall off of the bed.
"What is wrong with you, Tracey. If you haven't noticed I'm trying to sleep over here." Brock yelled.
"Ash and Misty are gone!" Tracey's shouted answer jolted Brock awake totally.
"WHAT! How did we not know they left?" he jumped off of the bed, nearly landing on top of Pikachu.
"Pika! Pi pikachu Pikapi ka pika pikachu chu Pikachupi pika pi chu kachu. Pikachu pika pi chu ka pi pikachu chu." (Hold it! This morning Ash woke up and noticed Misty was gone so he went after her. I think they're up on deck so we can go look for them.) Pikachu told them calmly.
Brock and Tracey were dressed in seconds and soon followed Pikachu up to the deck in search of their missing friends. When they saw Ash and Misty they all stopped on a dime. Ash was sitting beside Misty holding her close as she cried in his arms.
"I guess she finally told him the truth. Hey, Trace why don't we see if we can help." Brock said quietly.
"Pika. Pi pika pikachu. Pikapi pika chu ka pi pikachu." (No. Let me go first. Ash asked me to come earlier but I decided not to.) Pikachu said as he ran over to his trainer.
"Pi pikachu. Pi Pikachupi pika, Pikapi?" (There you are. Is Misty okay, Ash?) he asked cautiously.
Misty looked up and smiled at the little yellow Pokemon. "Yeah, I'm okay Pikachu. I just had to make a confession to Ash. I feel better now." she said as she winked at Pikachu and patted him on the head.
"Why did you come all the way up here by yourself?" Ash asked.
"He didn't Ash. We came up here with him. We're just glad that you guys are all right." Tracey said as he came out of the shadows towards them, followed closely by Brock.
"Sorry we worried you, guys. I just had a bad nightmare and woke up at about five and wanted to be alone and then Ash was worried when he got up and I wasn't there so he came up here looking for me." Misty said before deciding to change the subject. "Hey, is anyone else hungry? It's time that we can go to the dining room for breakfast and the ship is going to arrive at the first port soon. Maybe we should get something to eat."
"Yeah! I'm starved. Let's go!" Ash smiled, taking Misty by the hand and leading her away as Brock and Tracey followed close behind with Pikachu.
After having breakfast, the companions went back down to their room to get ready to disembark at the first island as the ship slowly and quietly made its way into the first port and the first day of adventure.
Misty's peace didn't last for very long as she soon became trapped in the dream that had caused her so much pain and fear. A dream that she held inside and kept secret from the man that she loved. This dream was always the same and equally as upsetting every time it surfaced.
The timing was about two months before she moved to Pallet to live with Ash. Misty was sitting in her room in the Cerulean City Gym watching television. She was filled with an overwhelming sense of sadness because she was supposed to be on vacation with Ash, Brock and Tracey but she was trapped here in this detestable prison because of the hatred of her three sisters. Suddenly, a news flash came on the screen and caught Misty's attention. When she saw the bulletin, it ripped her heart out. The plane that was bound for the Seafoam Islands carrying the three people in the world who meant the most to her hadn't made it to its destination. Instead it had been plagued with engine trouble and had nose-dived into the ground not far from the airport and no one on board had survived. As Misty watched the terrible simulation of what had happened, she felt a strong feeling of hate for her sisters for keeping her away and a sickening feeling of guilt that she hadn't fought hard enough and her boyfriend and her two best friends had been on that ill fated plane when it had crashed. She held her pillow to her and screamed as the knowledge sunk in that the people that she loved and considered her family were now gone and would never be coming back. That they were lost to her forever.
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Misty woke up with a sense of fear that she had every single time. She just lay there for a second and remembered where she actually was when she heard Ash's deep breathing coming from the pillow next to hers and felt his arms around her. Misty took Ash's hand and kissed it softly and felt again that overwhelming sense of relief as she also heard Brock mumbling in his sleep and Tracey snoring quietly and she knew that she hadn't lost her entire world and that everything was still okay.
After lying in bed for a few minutes watching Ash sleeping soundly next to her and occasionally stroking his hair to make sure that he was actually there, Misty realized that she wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep tonight. So after looking at her watch and noticing that it was 5 a.m., Misty decided to go up to the top deck and let the sea air clear her mind.
Misty gently maneuvered out of Ash's arms, being very careful not to awaken him, and put her feet on the floor. She quietly got up and picked a room key off of the table and tiptoed over to the door. She had to be very quiet because Brock and Tracey were also still sleeping and she wanted to keep from disturbing them as well. Misty snuck out of the room and into the hallway, quietly closing the door behind her. Then she made her way to the elevator and went up to the very top. As she made her way outside the sun was just beginning to rise over the ocean.
"This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Luckily I'm here to see it." Misty said to herself. Then she sat down on one of the chairs and slid it close to the rail so that she could see down to the water. Once again she felt that sense of intense relief flood into her soul once again and Misty let the suppressed tears flow from her eyes, crying openly as she looked out at the beautiful sunrise.
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An hour later, Ash opened his eyes as he slowly began to wake. It took him a moment to get reoriented and when he did, he was alarmed to find that Misty was no longer beside him. Ash's fear increased when he noticed that not only was Misty not beside him but she was nowhere in the room.
"Where could she possibly have gone. I wonder why she didn't wake me and tell me that she was going somewhere. I hope nothing's wrong." Ash thought and then he got an idea. He reached down to the foot of the bed and woke his Pokemon.
"Hey, Pikachu. Sorry for waking you up but I need your help. Misty isn't here and she was gone when I woke up. Do you have any idea where she is?" Ash whispered trying not to wake his friends who were still asleep.
"Pi pikachu, Pikapi. Pi chu pi pika pikachu. Pi pika pikachu ka chu pika pi chu ka pika ka chu pikachu." (It's okay, Ash. I don't know where Misty is. Since she is a water Pokemon trainer maybe she went up to look at the ocean.) Pikachu said as he crawled over to sit on his trainer's lap.
A light went on in Ash's head and he hugged his Pokemon tightly. "You're a genius, Pikachu. Why didn't I think of that? I'm going up to look for her. Wanna come with me?" Ash said happily.
"Pika pikachu, Pikapi. Pi pikachu pika ka chu pikachu pi." (That's okay, Ash. I'd only be in the way and plus I want to go back to sleep.) Pikachu yawned as it gave Ash a thumbs up and curled up on the pillow and went back to sleep. Ash then quietly dashed from the room and to the elevator.
When Ash reached the top deck he dashed from the elevator and out the doors. When he saw Misty sitting there he stopped so abruptly that he fell backwards. Misty was startled when she heard the crash and when she turned around and saw Ash, she hurriedly wiped the tears from her cheeks and smiled.
"Hey, you. Are you okay?" Misty asked as Ash picked himself up off of the ground.
"Yeah. Even though I should be asking you the same thing. I was very worried about you when I got up and found you gone. Pikachu helped me figure out that I might find you up here. You should have woke me up and I would have come with you." Ash whispered to her with concern in his voice.
"I'm sorry I worried you, but you were sleeping so soundly that I couldn't bring myself to disturb you. Besides, I needed to be alone for a little while." Misty said with tears in her eyes as Ash pulled her around to face him.
"You're crying. Mist, what's the matter? Something has you very upset and I wish that you would tell me what it is. I love you and I want to help you if you'll only let me."
Misty couldn't hold her composure anymore so she put her head in her hands and started to cry again. "Oh, Ash. I do need to tell you something. I left because I had a terrifying nightmare that has been bothering me since before you and I started living together. I didn't tell you before because I was afraid of what you would think. My sisters almost stopped me from coming with you guys and I while I was trying to outsmart them I started having this dream that you went without me and the plane crashed and the people I consider as my family were taken from me forever as I watched the whole thing on television and felt guilty for losing you." She had barely finished before she completely broke down.
Ash was shocked as he pulled Misty into his arms and held her close to try to comfort her. It broke his heart to see his true love so upset and he wondered why she would go through this alone and not let him help her. "Shh. It's okay, baby. I'm not going anywhere for a long time. The one thing that I don't understand is why you didn't let me help you through this. It wasn't fair to you to have to go through this alone."
"I was scared." Misty said simply as she hugged her boyfriend tighter and continued to sob in Ash's arms.
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Meanwhile, back in the room Brock and Tracey were just waking up. Tracey was the first to wake and panicked when he looked around the room and noticed that the only sign of Ash or Misty was Pikachu sleeping on the pillow.
"Hey!" Tracey shouted, waking Brock and causing Pikachu to fall off of the bed.
"What is wrong with you, Tracey. If you haven't noticed I'm trying to sleep over here." Brock yelled.
"Ash and Misty are gone!" Tracey's shouted answer jolted Brock awake totally.
"WHAT! How did we not know they left?" he jumped off of the bed, nearly landing on top of Pikachu.
"Pika! Pi pikachu Pikapi ka pika pikachu chu Pikachupi pika pi chu kachu. Pikachu pika pi chu ka pi pikachu chu." (Hold it! This morning Ash woke up and noticed Misty was gone so he went after her. I think they're up on deck so we can go look for them.) Pikachu told them calmly.
Brock and Tracey were dressed in seconds and soon followed Pikachu up to the deck in search of their missing friends. When they saw Ash and Misty they all stopped on a dime. Ash was sitting beside Misty holding her close as she cried in his arms.
"I guess she finally told him the truth. Hey, Trace why don't we see if we can help." Brock said quietly.
"Pika. Pi pika pikachu. Pikapi pika chu ka pi pikachu." (No. Let me go first. Ash asked me to come earlier but I decided not to.) Pikachu said as he ran over to his trainer.
"Pi pikachu. Pi Pikachupi pika, Pikapi?" (There you are. Is Misty okay, Ash?) he asked cautiously.
Misty looked up and smiled at the little yellow Pokemon. "Yeah, I'm okay Pikachu. I just had to make a confession to Ash. I feel better now." she said as she winked at Pikachu and patted him on the head.
"Why did you come all the way up here by yourself?" Ash asked.
"He didn't Ash. We came up here with him. We're just glad that you guys are all right." Tracey said as he came out of the shadows towards them, followed closely by Brock.
"Sorry we worried you, guys. I just had a bad nightmare and woke up at about five and wanted to be alone and then Ash was worried when he got up and I wasn't there so he came up here looking for me." Misty said before deciding to change the subject. "Hey, is anyone else hungry? It's time that we can go to the dining room for breakfast and the ship is going to arrive at the first port soon. Maybe we should get something to eat."
"Yeah! I'm starved. Let's go!" Ash smiled, taking Misty by the hand and leading her away as Brock and Tracey followed close behind with Pikachu.
After having breakfast, the companions went back down to their room to get ready to disembark at the first island as the ship slowly and quietly made its way into the first port and the first day of adventure.